Home in bed, up for a while

Home in bed, recuperating

Home in bed, recuperating

Home in bed, recuperating

Home in bed, recuperating

Home in bed, recuperating

LCH came in about 10:30 and we left about 11 AM, after paying the hospital. NJH was with her; she (NJH) fainted while I was getting ready to go. We picked up DCH who had been at the Radio Shack on Commonwealth Avenue.

It was good to get home; my jaw is quite sore.

Dr. T. removed the lower traction bar; he came in while I was eating breakfast. Since I couldn’t sleep last night the nurse gave me a sleeping shot & pain killer at 0220 this morning. After this I did get some sleep. Dr. T. said I could go home tomorrow.

Dr. T. removed the upper traction bar & the stitches at 0845. I’m now on a semi-liquid diet. The removal of the wires was less painful than by Dr. Lyons at Framingham last June; Dr. T. more skill than Lyons & the others. The dietitian filled my honey jar also. LCH called at 0745, but I was in the Library & the phone operator didn’t page me. She took DCH to the dentist and so would not be home when I called.

Tom Erickson in with a report on the annual meeting last night at Park Street. The annual mtg. itself was over at 8:30 PM, and then an hour was devoted to the problem of expansion. Expressions from the congregation seemed to affirm. A panel put in selected arguments for expansion, Mr. Kenney, Mr. White, Ken Olsen, etc. To my surprise, Dr. O. came in at 5:45 PM for 20 minutes. He had two proposals, one to buy the bank, the other to buy H-M & put up a 6-story building, leaving part of it to them, with 4 stories for the use of the church. I had concluded after talking to Tom A. that it would do well to try to buy the bank first & the H-M property second.

Had 5 or 6 x-rays this morning after a discussion with Dr. T.; he wants to see if my frontal sinus cavities are infected; as I have some nasal discharges. I suspect they are infected. Had some discussion with the supervising chef who blenderized a sirloin steak with potato; my it was real good! The Herald had an article today on cutting enrollment at Boston Latin (founded in 1635 to prepare boys for Harvard); it has 2600 now with 7th, 8th, & 9th grades. A committee of 3 recommended to cut it to 2000! LCH called this AM. MM called in the afternoon. Dinner was quite good also; I’m sure glad I saw the chef.

Had lengthy discussion with Dr. T. who described the operation rather completely. The muscle on the outside is cut off the bone, so it is possible to have access to the bone & joint without disturbing the facial nerve. After the manipulation the muscle is stitched back on. Sat in sun for about an hour, shaved and combed my hair; as a result I felt more civilized. The food consists of soups, juice, eggnog, etc. The dietitian is ill, so I can’t seem to get across the idea of consomme & baby food. Rec’d a card from the Sussman’s; it must have been delivered personally, as it has no stamp on it.

LCH, JAH, NJH, JCH, & MCM in for an hour or so. It was good to see them. DCH at Brookwoods.

Feel pretty low, but have good care. Am getting antibiotic shots, my hips are quite sore. Dr. T. put a new dressing on.

Rode in with HS. Left the Lab on the 10 AM shuttle for Dr. Thoma’s office & Brooks Hospital for the operation on my jaw. See other diary for details.

Was awakened at 0545 for a shot & about 0715 & told to wash, which I did. No breakfast, & no fluid is allowed. Given a sedative at about 0845 and was in the operating room at 1045. Operation took about 3 hours. Dr. Thoma was unable to put the condyle into place as the joint surface was gone. I was given a pint of blood. They also gave me glucose. LCH was in at 5:45 PM and I recognized her.

Operated on at 1045 — starting time — at Brooks Hospital, Brookline. Operation 3 hours long — came to about 6 PM.

Finished the document with the AMR test data. It has the #PA-631; gave it to Joanne for a cover & title sheet. JLV has taken my advice & gone into hiding to finish his report. I’d like to see it. Left on the 10 AM shuttle for Dr. Thoma’s office, where he put on the traction bars on my upper and lower jaws. It took 75 minutes. Left his office at 1 PM and walked up to Brooks Hospital at 227 Summit Avenue in Brookline, where I checked in at 1:40 PM and went to bed. As I didn’t have any lunch, I was given a glass of milk and a dish of custard. Blood and urine samples were taken, and a capsule of medication. Visited by a Dr. Kaufman who asked routine questions of medical history.

Rode in with HS. Left the Lab on the 10 AM shuttle for Dr. Thoma’s office & Brooks Hospital for the operation on my jaw. See other diary for details.

At JLV’s request, I went through the 7000 L+L-note cards to update the Site 12 TTR bibliography.

Abstracted and put in one volume, seven sets of Site 12-16 Performance Data, obtained a Pen Aids file number for it so it can be used as a reference document.

Decided at 0600 today to write to the FAA Admin & Brad Morse, our Congressman from the district we live in.

When I stopped for HS this morning he said he had decided to attend the Shockley lecture at MIT tonight, so would drive in himself.

Rewrote Bob Davis’ paper on Simulation, making it shorted and more precise. He has a good outline.

Clear, cold

Drove in; HS is going to the Shockley lecture tonight.

Went over to Lexington to Dr. & Mrs. [??] home to the Park Street area mtg. Dr. Ockenga answered questions, the discussion turning to Catholicism and related topics — including a few comments on Determinism by John Ossepchuck.

Harry’s and my offices were moved over the weekend to L275-77. They are quite pleasant — but have no windows!

JLV & JU worked thru the weekend to generate a draft of the Committee Report to Walt. I wrote a draft of the objectives and then proofread part of the writeup on system description. After some discussion with JLV & JU late in the afternoon, JLV started to rewrite the objectives.

40°F clear

Rode in with HS.

Put the side panels and 2 seats back in the jeep with LCH’s help. It is beginning to look quite good.

Warm, clear

Took family to SS & church. A few people were glad to see me, as an erroneous report that I was or had been in the hospital was put in the church calendar.

Went to bed quite early.

Warmer, clear

Sprayed Jeep floor in the afternoon. I got too much on some of the vertical surfaces. Also sprayed the window frames with aluminum paint from two spray cans.

Wrote up my contribution to JLV’s paper; it turned into 5 pp. of longhand, describing the data collection and reduced data output for Site 12. I took most of it from 3 BTL references, citing them.

This Koh-i-noor pen works quite well.

Clear, -5°F

Went home in PM, I still don’t feel good.

Cleaned my electric razor; after soldering a wire on and lubricating the bearings, it ran like new. I can now get a shave in about 8 minutes.

Had a conversation with JLV — in which he gave me this Koh-i-noor Rapidograph pen — in which he asked me to provide him the list of data to be recorded at Site 12, and the list of processed information with supporting comments. He is writing a report for WW on what to do at Site 12. He was asked for his opinions of the PA Project, and he said he didn’t think well of it. The “oldtimers’ here, those who stayed rather than going with MITRE, are getting the supervisory positions. The organization chart shows no staff at all; Wells & Nolan became line supervisors; Nedzel & Ward the “middle management.” It is odd that they don’t have any staff.

Had two tables typed up in draft form to show the data & processed information.

Clear, Cold

Went to work in PM.

Went to Abbott Spray to pick up the Toro Short block, going on into Elbery Mtrs for Ford parts & to Mantague-Brown at 124 Harvard avenue, Allston, for enamel for the Jeep. They were able to match it.

Put the Toro together and found that it runs.

LCH went in to Park Street to a SS dinner; Jim Peterson brought her home.

reported the $15 to Mr. Huntington so he can authorize a payroll deduction.

Clear +5°F

Went in to the Lab in the AM.

Went home after lunch.

Worked on 1961 accounts; I’ll try to start on income taxes tomorrow.

Started NJH on trying to learn to write decently.

Rec’d a check for $15 from Liberty Mutual for the ambulance fee that I paid recently.

Clear – Cold

Stayed in bed all day — read part of the IRE proc. on plasmas. It’s quite instructive.

Call from a Mr. Don Hastings at Park Street — Shirley B. took call — Call Elbery Motors re: w.washer parts.

Went to office in AM.

Dense fog – 25°F

There was ice on the streets this morning, making driving quite hazardous. Went home after lunch and to bed for the rest of the day. I feel quite shaky.

The Toro engine block will be available in about 2 weeks.

Made arrangements to go into the hospital on 25 January; I’ll stop first at Dr. Thomas office to get traction bars put on my teeth.

Clear – overcast – cold

LCH took the children to SS & church.

I listened to HJO on the radio; he had a good sermon on the 91st Psalm.

Wrote to Winchester, New Haven, John Legg re: insurance.

DCH stayed in so he could go to the youth group tonight; he wasted all of yesterday, and has done no studying since Thursday night. LCH picked him up at Concord at 0850 PM.

Clear – cold

Stayed in bed all day; the nasal discharges are decreasing; perhaps I’ll be able to go to the hospital on Tuesday.

My W-2 form came; $15,850.71 in come last year; this after the deductions for compensations from the auto accident; total income taxes were $2271.73.

LCH took the children skating in the afternoon before taking her Brownies to hear “Peter and the Wolf” at the Community Center.

Continued to read on Wisdom.

Home in bed.

It occurred to me that a MOE would be useful wherein, for example, the range given by the in-flight msg. would be the basis of comparison with that given by the TTR as follows:

[ed. small hand-drawn graph perhaps included at a later date!]

This would immediately show violent excursions from the in-flight by the primary tracking & acquisitions gate. It might be useful to compute “R” and the differences in the rates of change of the angles also; perhaps consideration should be given to display of these quantities for use by the operator.

Clear, cold

Stayed home in bed most of the day.

LCH took JAH in to the Cadets at Park Street, leaving on the 5:08 PM train.

I cleaned and put up the 2-lamp fluorescent fixture, and for the first time have adequate illumination over my work bench.

Read the IBM General Systems Simulator program; I don’t know whether the Army’s CCIS could be simulated or not; I suppose it could.

Home in bed.

Clear 0°F
Stayed home in bed. The cold seems to be breaking.

Harry brought a belt buckle left by Mike Bavaro or Gene Small. It was for a 2″ belt & doesn’t fit.

It occurred to me last night that the best, or at least one of the most appropriate ways to estimate the pay-off from automation in the Army CCIS is to see what it does to the reaction time compared to the same situation without automation. This has the added advantage of being immediately intelligible to the senior Army officials. I mentioned this to JFN.

Rec’d my permanent loan copy of “Modern Physics for the Engineer.” It is amazing what is now the province of the engineer.

Reported the $132.86 to Mr. Huntington at Div. 2 office; he will authorize a payroll deduction.

Discussed the Site 12 job with JLV & JV. BTL has asked for help out of the 1206 at Site 12. I suggested that their desire for help should be viewed in relation to an overall ops&trp procedure at Site 12. They now need a lower level of flow diagrams than I made originally. I suggested that he proceed now on the basis of comparison of RAE from -16 & TTR.

Overcast, cold +10°F

I told DCH that his staying on the school rifle team would be contingent on his getting on & staying on the honor roll; a few minutes later he brought in a time schedule. Perhaps he means business this time; I hope so.

Ordered a short block for the Toro from the Abbott Spray Company — it should be available Friday. Went home early & to bed.

Went to BSA Committee mtg. — raised the question of holding badges until the Court of Review comes. The Scout Master needs to ride herd on the boys for the cold weather activities.

Went into office for half a day. JLV gave me the map they brought back from Patrick. JV is going ahead with the coord. comb., he has found a program, several years old, that converts x-y-z to spherical polar. It is new at MITRE.

Reported to First Aid Room for some cold pills, and that I expect to undergo corrective surgery on my jaw. Also mentioned this to WLZ.

Larry Globus in to say that Dr. Wells spoke yesterday of a reorg. of the PA work into 8 areas.

Rec’d another check from Liberty Mutual/Industrial Accident Department, this for $132.86.

Clear +20°F

Called Dr. Thoma’s office to report my cold (LO6-3324). He was busy with surgery at 11:30 AM. His secretary called later at home to say that I am not to go to the hospital under any circumstances with a cold.

Went home at 1:30 PM. Tried to get a Toro engine short block at Mill Dam, but he didn’t have one. Bought a two-tube used fluorescent fixture @ $5; will put it in the shop.

LCH took DCH to a high school rifle team meet at the Concord Armory.

Home in bed with a cold.

Started to go to work, but found I had 1/2° of fever so went back to bed.

Drank vinegar and honey.

LCH picked up some comb honey and the chewing of the wax seemed to shrink the sinus membranes. I’ll have to get some capping and chew it regularly.

Freezing rain

LCH took DCH, JAH, & NJH to SS & church. I listened to HJO on the radio; he had a fine sermon on John.

Drank water copiously.

Rain, 32°F

Stayed in bed. Apparently I over-exposed myself to the cold yesterday. Don’t have a fever. Read in Great Books on the differences between the kinds of wisdom; that of divine insight and practical knowledge.

JCH has an intestinal disorder.

Overcast
Cold +10°F

Stayed home to work on the car and Toro. Changed the ignition points (used a set with a nylon brush); it runs much better. In taking the Toro apart, I found the flywheel key had sheared: this allowed the ignition timing to be completely off. I took it to the Central Garage in Stowe — a B&S agent — and had a new key and washer put on. It ran for a time, but when it ran against a bit of ice outside, it stopped again. I think I’ll not fool with it anymore but get a short block.

Put radio back in the car; it still cuts out. Fixed clock in car; its winding contacts were pitted.

Some discussion with JLV re: the correlation of TTR & in-flight msgs with -16 data.

Called a Mr. Mike Saliba at PAFB (UL7-6826) re: the availability of a large scale map showing the site in MILS NET; he has it, it is unclassified and he will give us a copy. He also has a program or process for converting MILS data to -16 data. The need is for the NIP to be expressed in terms of FPS-16 coordinates & vice-versa.

Also talked to Mr. Ashcroft @ MTLPS at Patrick re: a large scale chart of Site 12 with both UTM & LL. He will look into it, and if one is available, will have it for JLV tomorrow.

Bob Mills at PAFB (UL7-6826) said they use 6076.1033 = one nautical mile.

The map from Mr. Saliba is entitled MILS Area 12 Target Array.

Called Lt. Col. Kenneth Young FAA/BRD (ST3-2100/3604) for the name of the set of books on civil a/c characteristics.

Clearing

Rode in with HS.

Worked out distance but not TTR & FPS-16 at 15,280′.

Some discussion with Mike Bavaro re: the UTM to Lat/Long conversion. He suggests a map with both kinds of coordinates on it. This would be fine if I had it. I’ll call Patrick AFB, Mr. Ashcroft tomorrow.

Overcast

Took HS to Waltham to get his auto registration application , and to Watertown to the Registry of MV to get his registration.

Went to Scout Court of Honor. It was combined with a so-called Father & Sons Dinner, served by the Girl Scouts; the food was delicious. The rest of the evening was devoted to awarding badges, with Ian Miller getting his Eagle Award.

Call from Mr. McKeown at AMS in Warick, R.I. They have had trouble in making the conversion from UTM to Lat-Long. I don’t have the origins. He spoke of support from Washington.

Told JLV I would delay going to the hospital unti I had done something about the comparison of pre- and in-flight data with the data we brought back from Patrick AFB.

Mailed a letter to M. N. Bradford of Liberty Mutual re: the $15 compensation to the Ellicott City Fire Department ofr ambulance service on 04 May 1961. Also mailed a copy to INA at Baltimore.

Turned in my Activity Report for December, including the proposal I made on 13 December in my trip report for a systems checkout or Operations & Training procedure. Site 12 had only 12 chances to lock on in the period July ’60 to June ’61; @ 3 min. each, this isn’t enough to learn how to operate the gear.

Call from McKeown:
SLat=7°54’25.254″
WLong=14°24’9.981″
Range 6,377,984.925 meters

Overcast

About 1/4″ of snow fell last night; storm warnings were up in most of the NE, but it bypassed us.

Rode in with HS.

Wrote a letter to Dave Cook re: his source of the single cyl. 110v 60 Hz generator.

Wrote to Willys Motors re: the correct color for Jeep.

Wrote letter to 1) INA & 2) Liberty Mutual to get my $15 back for ambulance service on 04 May; advising both that I could expect to enter the hospital soon for corrective surgery.

Clear in AM

Stayed up reading Thomas Aquinas until midnight last night. DCH worked on a chassis until 1 AM. We all — except DCH got up around 0830.

I masked the jeep wheels — with Janet’s help on two — and part of the interior for spraying, and then found that the vacuum cleaner wouldn’t do it. Borrowed Mr. Hosea’s, and did it in a few minutes. The color has too much blue in it. I’ll try it again.

Worked on the summary of my financial condition for American Institute for Economic Research.

Clear, 0°F

Took family to SS & church. HJO had an excellent sermon on John as the predecessor of Christ; he gave a most graphic and moving picture of John.

We took our lunch over with John & May as Mary is in New Hampshire on a skiing trip. We went in to the youth groups & then home for a quiet evening.

Read some on wisdom in Thomas Aquinas, who said that “the beginning of wisdom is the fear of God.”

Snow is forecast for tomorrow night.

Cold

Took LCH to Marlborough to get a new agitator for the washing machine.

Put the Toro engine back together in the evening. It ran once, but not thereafter. It didn’t show any spark.

Readjusted the Ford ignition points; they barely opened as the fiber block was badly worn because of no lubrication. The car’s performance was improved greatly, tho. A new set should remove the rough engine operation. I’m glad to know that Lubriplate is used on the cam.

Called Mr. Yingling at Warick Rhode Island at 0825. He was out for the day, but his assistant, a Mr. McCue (?) took the msg. His phone is VAlley 1-2500 Warick, RI. He will call back today.

Clear 29.60″ Hg

Maybe the storm in by-passing us; no clouds in the AM.

Went over to Douglas Ins’t in East Boston after the radio; it had a few burned parts in the output section I wired in a shorting jack in the output so removal of the output plug will short the output transformer. Did some other errands, arriving home about 5:45 PM.

DCH to an Explorer tobogganing party at Mr. Driscoll’s.

Laid out the TTR trajectory triangle. I need the distance between the TTR & minimal impact point. Tried to get it from the Corps of Engineer, but they had the tables for NE only. Those are the tables to convert UTM to Lat-Long. They referred me to a Mr. Yingling at Warick, Rhode Island, Chief of the AMS there.

Overcast, 29.69″ Hg

Left Toro gas tank at AMS on way to work so they can soak it in carburetor cleaner. They said the Central Garage in Stowe has Briggs & Stratton parts. I tried it later in the day, but they didn’t have the shaft. The points & condensers came, so I put them in, setting the gap at 0.020″.

I also timed the Ford; it was out a lot.

Dick Norris in — told him about the TTR problem; perhaps he will generate an idea.

Am working on problem of trying to get some of the data from Patrick AFB in form for machine processing.

Have UTM coord of TTR, but couldn’t find out today how to put this into Lat-Long.

Overcast, 29.90″ Hg

Eight inches of snow or 3/4″ of rain forecast for late today.

Left DCH at 0830 at the Sussman residence so he could shovel their driveway.

The Toro connecting rod was not at Milldam Supply, so I found a Briggs & Stratton dealer at Waltham Rd. & Concord Avenue, The Abbott Farm Eq. Co. I should have dug this firm up earlier. It is a B&S 294367 connecting rod & cost $2.05. In putting the rod in, I found the wrist pin worn and the crankshaft journals worn; I’ll have to get these parts also.

Requested two RCA Service reports and 4 Human Sciences Research papers via the documents room.

Had a lengthy discussion with Joe Halberstein, who brought over the IBM report on a program for a general purpose system simulator — cf. note re: JFN on 18 December. It looks good and I think it should be applied to the Army’s problem. Joe thinks that JFN wants him to apply it to the Army’s problem. I pointed out the correspondence between this and the control problems of large- & middle-sized businesses at some length.

Clear

Rec’d 2 dividend checks from American Security & Trust Co, 80¢/ & 20¢/share.

Talked to Joe Halberstein at length re: the Great Books. He is reading a paper by Whitehead on the great ideas.

Clear in morning

Fourteen inches of snow fell, but we didn’t try working on the driveway until the middle of the afternoon.

JCH was given the usual toys and for once he was quiet! I took some movies, but there wasn’t enough light for Kodachrome.

The ice & snow in the trees is breath-taking in the brilliant sunlight! I took a few feet outside and some 35mm color & B&W.

We all worked on the driveway. I’ll have to fix the Toro soon.

Overcast

DCH & I shoveled the driveway, getting to church & SS at 10:10, late.

We went to Mary’s for a buffet dinner, Al & Edith had to shovel their drive so they didn’t arrive until 4:30 PM. Aunt Helen was there, and we all had a most pleasant time.

It was snowing hard on the way home, but Rt. 2 was cleared, so we had no trouble.

Overcast

Went over to Hudson to get DCH’s coat; it is tan with a zip-in lining, short — above his knees. He selected it from the Sears catalog, but now doesn’t know whether he wants it or not!

A snow storm started in the late evening.

Worked in the morning on the data — will use the haversine formula to ascertain the distance between the impact point and the -16 site. Will use this to set up a right triangle and correct for parallax.

The Laboratory closed at noon.

Clear! +10°F

HS went to Montreal yesterday, so I drove today; got there early! There wasn’t much done, as the Lab closed at noon. I went over to Waltham & got a can of green anti-rust paint for the Jeep. I put it on the floor of the Jeep after sanding and cleaning first.

Ordered a set of points & instructions for the Toro.

DCH had 2 D’s on his report card! He doesn’t seem to care about anything!

LCH obtained a good Christmas tree — JAH got a smaller one. They were both put up and decorated to JCH’s enjoyment.